Aeroplane.



S. H. GILSUN.

AEROPLANE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1009.

Patented July 19, 1910.

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AEROPLANE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910.

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s; H. GILSDON.

AEROPLANE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910.

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S. H. GILSON.

AEROIPLANE. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 27, 1909.

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S. H. GILSON.

AEROPLANE. APPLIOATION FILE]? JULY 27, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910.

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i MILNER, 9F SALT LAKE C111 UTAH.

EERQELA" lpplicatienfiled July 2'2", 19 323, Serial No. 599,898. i

clireet the aeroplane to the right or left, unclup or down Withoutdisturbing the equilibrium. These Ol'ljQClS l attain by the deviceillustralecl in/ the accompanying drawings .in whichsimilar charactersoi reference in- (lienl'e like parts throughoutlhe several figures.

Figure l is a rear elevation showing he "I equilibrium (lisiurbed andaeroplane out of poise, with parts removed. .l ig;. 2 1s :1 snlu.elevation with the equilibrium reesl'uhhsheil.

Fig. 3 is :1 plan View with on even heel Fig. l is a irout elevation indetail oi nio jhlied form of part of haloncir Cl'i7.l l 151;.

5 1s a plan View oi the modifier iori'n of said parts. Fig. (lperspective showing Lill frames eoverecl. Fig 7 an eiilargeii isometricView of ii portion of the lower frame, the truss and parts hurriedthereon. l ig. 8, is an enlargeiil vertical seelion on line a a of Fig.7.

The frame of my aeroplane is nimle of horizontal tubes, 1 mulfl,parallel to each other and spaced apart by vertical tubes 3 andlalerzil'tuhes 4-, and stayed hy diagonal rocls or Wires 5. lily h;lensing nieclniuisni is equally applicable to mono-planes or inlllllplanes, and it is not my purpose to res; "cl myself to the oi-phineshown as slight rm lificni'ions which will he treiulily :ipparentioanyone, may he made to iulept my lmhineii' I end-guiding parts to monoplanes or inull i planes,

he plane forniei'l hy the horizontal luhes 1, and the lateral tuhesherein designnlml as plane 1 Hill the plane formed hy ihe horizontaltubes 2 and lihe lateral 'liuhes 4h herein called plane 9, are eachcovered with sill: or other suitable covering; ligh'lly securedl'hereover, except the end spaces or squares of The lower phine nun-hurlA mini A, each oi' the spares having lhil springs secured therein.

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is firmly secured on the oulei: late ,l and to lhe oiher one of saidspriiigs iueheil lire eross bar 7. The covering for lhese spur: Ii and Ais lightly clrziiiin I luhes l and cross bar 7 fort-he and over thesaid. spring (3 on the sides, thus uniliiiig suniller planes in each ofsaid squares Er :nul A. the great-er portions of whieh may he ruiseclshove the horizo here 1, is shown in hip l, by the corcls rll and 50h'lhe ends of the horizontal tubes are bent downward, as the are of acircle, W and lzwl'eneil lo the (:lHlS of the horizontal luhes 'l, 21ml(he (ross hair T has openingslin the henf. perilous of said horizonlaltuheslQ.

desirerl l'he parts (IT iihe horizontallulies u'ineh exielni beyond theorder Net l may be cut oil, i 'wilh lhe horizontal tubes 1', and

over three of the lateral tube and UHL'JQCl by SEllLl luhes i are two orme e the periphery oi seiil rollers 9. The said teeth ll of aid reek 10mesh with. the cogs (21%; of a L2; the said gear 12, and a pinioii 13;are eurrieil by the shaft Ti l which shzrfli neun'leil in the l'iearingframe 1?, which homing"frame em'rieil on and by the 1 supporls 8. V i

hearings suspelulecl from theho 1-" ".l ltuhes l one under the lrusssuppo 5 niounierl (he roehiu shaft 16. (121111 ell hy said rel-king;sheilliSQ :inil rigidly s eureii ihereou he srw'n'ienl gear 17, isle"leeih err-e535: oi which mesh with seidpi'ii ion iii. The iiepeinlingarms 18 of s idrocking hl'lfiil fjllll, :ufe formed each Wilhftmiremiiies lo uhieh is ullzieherl l'he'h l9 'lhisv heal ill may hecovered wilh in lerizil l'hm' will limit in \Yfll G'lf, or it may beeoverml u'ilh any li g l'it nizilerinl. more in l'llt, nnlure oi? abushel. Wil'hin the heat- 19 the il'i'ltll'l'fl'. lhe nieiire power uucll'he sleering mechanism For he neroplune is (flll'lGll- From heluin-izonlnl luhes l lo lhe upper Shilk, of the heel; :lour spring stays47 are supplied, the greater portion of each of which is a spiralspring. The purpose heme to provide a stay between said boat ant frame1, which will loosely except when the planes 1' and 2 are much deflectedfrom the horizontal. in that case on one side the stays will. betightened, and on the other loosened, the intention being to so adjustthe stays 47 that it. will be impossible for the edges of the boat tostrike the planes. On one side of the plane 1, herein called the frontside, is rigidly attached a semi-circular frame 20 and stay rods 21.Said frame 20 is placed at an obtuse angle to the plane 1'. To two ofthe vertical tubes 3, and on the opposite side from the scinicircularframe 20, is pivoted the tail piece 36, which tail piece is braced by atruss support 8' similar to the truss supports 8. A power driven shaft522 is mounted in bearings on Said boat 19, and on each end oi saidshaft is secured a beveled friction gear 23. Said shaft 522 also carriesthe driven pulley 24.

Mounted in bearings 25, (no on each side of the boat 19, are thepropeller shatts' 2H, and provided on one end of each of said shafts 26are the cone-shapcd friction pinions 27. Said shafts 26 also carry ontheir other ends the propeller bladcs and have also fitted thereonclutches :29, which clutches enable the aviator to throw one or both pro)cllel's out. of or into commission when an as desired, Within the frontpart of said boat 19 is provided the steering means which consist of ahorizontally placed drum 30, on which is secured the hand wheel 31, andon said drum 30 is wound the cord 32, one end of which cord passes overpulleys 33 and 34, which are scoured near the bottom of the boat 15),and thcn over pulley 35 near the top of said boat 1!), and is so caredto the truss support 8 of the tail piece 36. The other end of said cord23-3 is passed over the pulleys 37, which arc tastened to the horizontalbars 2, and the end is also secured to said truss support 8. oppositethe point where the other cud is sccured. Also in the front of the boat19 is scoured a vertical drum 38, with a hand wheel 39 secured thereto.()u said drum 38 is wound a ortion of another cord 40. the ends ofWliich are passed over the pulleys 41, and are then secured to a rudder42 that is pivoted atone end on the front of said boat 19. .Said boat 19may havc bicycle wheels 43, fitted on the under side thereof, for use instarting, and carried by the axle of the rear bicycle wheels is thepower driven pulley 44, which is run by the belt 45,when desired.

A modified form of my automatic balsncing device is shown in Figs. t and5, and consists of a drum 46, that is secured on said shaft -14 in placeof the gear 12, and in the is used.)

modified form, the shifting'rack' 10 is not used, as the cords 50 and 50are wound on the said drum 46, as shown in Fig. The rotation of thedrum, which is ctl'ccted by the same segment gear 17 and pinion 13, willflex the springs (i in this form, the same as the shifting of the rack10 in the other form.

Any form of motive power may be used. A hclt from one side of said powerincloscs pulley 24, the said belt 45 being connected with the other sideof said power.

Motion bcin imparted through the belt 45 to my dcvn-c, it will moverapidly on the ground. When sullicicnt motion is Sc cured the propellers23 may be thrown into commission by the clutches 25), which enables thoaviator to gradually introduce the power through the friction gears.After the aeroplane has raised suliicicntly in the air for the wheels 43to be clear of the ground, any deviation from the horizontal by theplanes 1 and 2, will be corrected by the boat 15) acting as a pendulum,arid by means of the segment gear '17, the pinion 13 and the shiftingrack 10 (or the drum 46, as shown in the modified form if that Themovement in either form will tlcx the springs (3, and turn up the edgeof the space A or depending upon which side of the aeroplane is thclower. The other space .will not be afl'cctcd by said motion and willremain in line with plane 1'. 'lhis will cause the planes 1 and 2' toright themselves and assume the horizontal of two cquililn'iums.

Ilaving thus described my invention I desire to secure by Lcttcrs Patentand claim;

1. .\n aeroplane comprising a covered i'ramc. end planes securedthereto, a supporting truss carricd by said frame, rollers mountcd onsaid truss, a shifting rack having a longitudinal channel on its lowerside and tcclh on its upper side. a cord which i reaches trom each cudor said rack to the outer end of the end plane adjacent a bcaring t'ramcalso scculcd on said truss, a shaft mounted on said bearing frame, agear and a pinion on said shaft, the teeth of which gear are adapted tomcsh with the teeth of said shitting rack, a rocking shaft secured onsaid frame and transversely thereto, a segment gear and dcpcnding armssccurcd on said rocking shaft, the teeth of said segment gear adapted tocngagc with the pinion, a boat, secured to the depending arms' of saidrocking shaft, and propelling means carried in said boat.

2. An aero )lanc comprising a coveredframe, a. rcsilienoplane attachedon each end thereof, a'supporting truss carried by said frame, rollersmounted on said truss, a shifting rack having a longitudinal channot onits under side and teeth on its upper side, a cord which reaches fromeach end of said rack to the outer end of the resilient plane adjacent,a bearing frame also secured on said truss, a shaft mounted in saidhearing frame, a gear and a pinion on said shaft, the teeth of the gearadapted to mesh With the teeth of said shifting rack, a rocking shaftsecured to said frame transversely thereto, a segment gear and dependingarms secured on said rocking shaft, the teeth of said segment gearadapted to engage the said pinion, and a boat secured to the dependingarms of said rocking shaft.

3. An aeroplane comprising a covered frame, a covered plane secured toeach end thereof a portion of Which may be bent, a'

frame secured on one side of said first named covered frame at an anglethereto, a movable tailpiece pivoted to the other side of said frame,means for moving said tailpiece up and down, a supporting truss carriedby said first mentioned frame, rollers mounted on said truss, a shiftingrack having a longitudinal channel in its underside and teeth on itsupper side, a cord connected at each end thereof and to the outer end ofthe plane adjacent, a bearing frame, a shaft mounted therein, a gear anda pinion on said shaft, the teeth of the gear adapted to mesh with theteeth of said shifting rack, a rocking shaft secured to said coveredframe transversely thereto, an upper arm on said rocking shaft formed asa'segment gear the teeth of which are adapted to engage with the pinion,depending arms on said rocking shaft and propelling means for the devicecarried by said arms.

a 4. An aeroplane comprising two covered frames parallel and spacedapart, covered resilient members attached 'to the outer ends of one ofsaid frames and which normally lie in the same horizontal plane. andmeans secured to one of said frames to automatically bend said resilientmembers, which means consists of aboat piv'otally secured to the, lowerone of said frames, and adapted to hang normally at right angles to saidcovered frames, and means warried on said boat adapted to automaticallyco-act with the members connected therewith on one of said frames,whenever the said boat assumes a position other than at right angles tothe covered frames.

5. An aeroplane comprising a covered frame, and planes attached theretowhich may be Warped, a boat pivotally secured to said covered framenormally at right angles thereto, means-secured to the-boat to Warp saidend planes Whenever the said covered frames assume a position other thanat a right angle to said boat, a power driven shaft mounted in saidboat, beveled friction gears one on each end of said shaft, propellershafts mounted in hearings on the side of said boat, a beveled pinion onone end and propeller blades on the other end of each of said propellershafts, said pinions being adapted to engage said first named bevelpinions, and clutches on said shafts adapted to move said shaftslongitudinally.

6. An aeroplane comprising a COVQTQd vTO frame, a covered plane securedon each end thereof with resilient members therein, a supporting "trusscarried by said frame, rollers mounted on said truss, a shifting rackhaving a longitudinal channel on its lower side and teeth on its upperside, cords conneeted at each end of the rack to the outer ends of thesaid covered planes, a bearing frame also secured on said truss, a shaftmounted in said bearing frame, a gear and a pinion on said shaft, theteeth. of the gear adapted to mesh with the teeth of said shifting rack,a rocking shaft secured to said covered frame transversely thereto, asegment gear secured on the upper part of sald rocking shaft, the teethof said segmentgear adapted to engage the said pinion, depending arms onsaid rocking shaft, a boat secured to the said arms, spring stayssecured to the upper side of said boat and to the lower side of said,covered frame, a movable tailpiece pivoted to said frame and means foradjusting said tailpiece.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

SAMUEL H. GILSON. Witnesses Jos. F. SIMMONS, W. E. Woon.

